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There may be mold growing in your home. Like all fungi, mold feeds on the organic materials that can be found on non-synthetic surface areas that contain moisture. Our experienced team of Certified Professionals can find pockets of hidden mold that may be causing serious harm.

Hoarding is the acquisition of, and failure to discard a large number of possessions in a residence which appear to be useless or of limited value. Living spaces, furniture, appliances and utilities are sufficiently cluttered as to prevent their intended use, which could pose a significant risk to health, safety or the maintenance of How To Stop Hoarding Things housing.

Signs and Symptoms of Hoarding Clutter blocking egress and ingress (windows and doors). Clutter making it difficult, impossible and/or unsafe to use the kitchen or bathroom for their intended purposes. Presence of infestations (mice, rats, roaches) as a result of clutter. Damage to the housing structure, walls, ceilings, floors. Accumulated items unsafely stored too close to the How To Stop Hoarding Things stove, oven, heater, fans, portable heaters, or furnace.

Hoarding behaviors can occur How To Stop Hoarding Things concurrently with a number of psychiatric disorders, such Generalized Anxiety Disorder Depression, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, various personality disorders or as a distinct cluster of behaviors. National statistics indicate that 2-5% of the population suffer from hoarding in one form or another.

Based on these How To Stop Hoarding Things estimates, Montgomery County has approximately 20,000 , 50,000 potential hoarders. With increased public awareness, even if only 10% of these residents are identified as requiring services, its conceivable that between 2,000 , 5,000 residents need assistance when addressing a hoarding situation.

Clearly, this places a burden on already constrained County resources, and will require close communication, coordination and collaboration between local government and private partners. The cases discussed in this report exemplify the necessity for effective How To Stop Hoarding Things information sharing among relevant County and private agencies.

Inter-agency collaboration will enable each department to respond appropriately to specific hoarders, address recidivism cases, share information and resources, How To Stop Hoarding Things and reduce the duplication of efforts. (See Appendix A "Task Force on Hoarding Behavior Cooperative Agreement Among Participating Agencies).

Montgomery County Task Force on Hoarding Behavior Report The County government agencies primarily responsible for How To Stop Hoarding Things responding to hoarding situations include: Adult Protective Services (APS) Department of Fire/Rescue Child Protective Services (CPS) Department of Housing and Community Special Needs Housing Affairs (DHCA)

Department of Police/Animal Services County Attorney's Office How To Stop Hoarding Things Crisis Center In addition to the above County departments, the Task Force on Hoarding Behavior includes members from the Housing Opportunities Commission (HOC) and Cities of Rockville, Gaithersburg, and Takoma Park.

These departments and municipalities are expected to address the consequences of excessive hoarding, which pose a risk, not solely to the individual but also to the quality of life, safety and well-being of an entire How To Stop Hoarding Things apartment building or neighborhood.

Currently, there is minimal data available on the number of hoarding cases served, number of referrals to multiple agencies, hours spent by investigators, case managers and/or other practitioners, cost to provide the multitude of services needed to stabilize cases and/or the How To Stop Hoarding Things overall financial burden imposed on service providers and landlords.

Figure 1 below provides a snapshot estimate of the hoarding incidents over the past three fiscal years. (These figures include duplicate counts due to multi-agency involvement.) DHCA reports an average of 85 cases a year and APS has seen an increase in referrals. Overall, How To Stop Hoarding Things the counts are expected to rise exponentially as public media attention to the hoarding issue continues and our population ages.

Share information, expertise and resources to better address the complexity of hoarding situations. Develop a concerted and coordinated multi-agency intervention strategy. The How To Stop Hoarding Things has met monthly in various group configurations to develop goals, tools and policy recommendations. GOALS: The near term goals established by the are as follows:

1. Provide a coordinated response to hoarding cases to promote the health and safety of all affected residents, through the efforts of public and private agencies. 2. Facilitate the ability of participating agencies to share How To Stop Hoarding Things information, expertise and resources in order to better understand and respond to this debilitating and/or potentially dangerous behavior.

5. Develop practical tools and identify additional resource gaps. 6. Develop policies and practices to reduce and prevent the incidence of severe hoarding among our residents. iii Montgomery County Task Force on Hoarding Behavior Report To successfully How To Stop Hoarding Things implement an effective Hoarding Awareness and Intervention Program, resources from both County government and private partners are required.

Current Resources As mentioned, the number of hoarding cases is expected to rise from the present number. It should be noted that hoarding cases require a How To Stop Hoarding Things disproportionate amount of public and private resources. Examples of resources expended on individual hoarding situations are described in Appendix H, Montgomery County Case Study Vignettes.

The information below reflects the current resources available for addressing hoarding behavior, i.e. heavy duty clean-up, How To Stop Hoarding Things clutter removal, on-going case management and mental health intervention (Details regarding each resource can be found in Section 5.1). County Agencies, i.e. DHCA, How To Stop Hoarding Things, FRS, OCE, Police, HOC.

Points of Contact within each department and telephone numbers. MC311 Online County Telephone Information Service. How To Stop Hoarding Things APS emergency home hazard fund. How To Stop Hoarding Things Case Workers. Short term residential or emergency shelter placement. Volunteers and religious groups from several Montgomery County Municipalities.

Future Resources We are anticipating a significant and sustained increase in the number of hoarding cases that will be How To Stop Hoarding Things brought to the attention of community agencies. The increase is in part the result of greater public awareness of the hoarding phenomena through various media efforts and the overall aging of the population.

The types of resources that will be needed include: Case workers and Therapists trained to intervene in hoarding behavior. Hoarding Coaches who can assist hoarders in the process of sorting, How To Stop Hoarding Things giving away or discarding possessions. Additional funding for heavy chore services (estimated at $5,000 per intervention).

Funding for training, educational materials, printing, etc. Additional Volunteers needed for ongoing mentorship to reduce recidivism, clean up, provide transportation on occasion, How To Stop Hoarding Things etc. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program (PRP): These programs can work with severely mentally ill individuals on a weekly basis on skill building to help reduce clutter.

Clearly, the demand placed on the County for increased resources will require a true collaboration and coordinated response at the local level between County, stakeholders, families/friends, How To Stop Hoarding Things and more wisely and effectively mitigate the potential outcomes of eviction, homelessness and/or even death.

HOARDING , a private sector to prevent a duplication of resources when multiple agencies respond. Moreover, How To Stop Hoarding Things a coordinated response will use scarce local government resources MONTGOMERY COUNTY PLANS AHEAD move in . Resource Information Pamphlets: health, safety and/or phone numbers for rescue personnel.

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5. We it the DH Planned future work tools/products: In addition to the tools and documents referenced ab Figure 2, the How To Stop Hoarding Things is also developing the following tools: 1 a. A general public information pamphlet that will provide phone numbers to call fo services related to hoarding prevention and intervention, including MC3.

Government agencies handbook that will be used as a resource fo welfare information. c. Business size card that will contain important after hours names an Code Enforcement, Police, Animal Services and Fire/Re arding Screening and Assessment Tools: Thes en ng, intake, environment arily be used by How To Stop Hoarding Things professionals when conducting an assessm y i to programs.

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